Dissed by a FTer!
Sep 4, 2007, 4:25 pm
#46
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Anchorage, AK
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Ummmm.........yeah..........
I vaguely remember some very "merlot" moments at SeaDoo9 
Can't remember meeting a FT'er I didn't get along with. Sorry for the bad experience.
Sep 4, 2007, 4:56 pm
#47
Moderator: Midwest, Las Vegas & Dining Buzz
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 17,976
Many years ago, I boarded a flight on AA to LAS. As I was going to my seat in F, I noticed a guy with a FT tag. I mentioned it to him and he like did everything he could to not acknowlege my question or even my existence.
As someone stated, why have the tags if you don't want to communicate with other FTers? This last weekend my FT tag was spotted at the RCC in SYD by another FT and I spotted one at the Arrivals lounge in SFO. Nice guys and had pleasant conversations with both.
I do believe, however - and this may be just my paranoia - that some people are not as friendly because I am a Mod in a particualr forum and have had make some unpopular decisions (unpopular to them). I hope that is not the case, but i guess we shall really see what happens in SFO in a few weeks.
As someone stated, why have the tags if you don't want to communicate with other FTers? This last weekend my FT tag was spotted at the RCC in SYD by another FT and I spotted one at the Arrivals lounge in SFO. Nice guys and had pleasant conversations with both.
I do believe, however - and this may be just my paranoia - that some people are not as friendly because I am a Mod in a particualr forum and have had make some unpopular decisions (unpopular to them). I hope that is not the case, but i guess we shall really see what happens in SFO in a few weeks.
Sep 4, 2007, 5:03 pm
#48
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Newport Beach, California, USA
Posts: 36,062
I do believe, however - and this may be just my paranoia - that some people are not as friendly because I am a Mod in a particualr forum and have had make some unpopular decisions (unpopular to them). I hope that is not the case, but i guess we shall really see what happens in SFO in a few weeks.
Sep 4, 2007, 5:10 pm
#49
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 23,999
I do believe, however - and this may be just my paranoia - that some people are not as friendly because I am a Mod in a particualr forum and have had make some unpopular decisions (unpopular to them). I hope that is not the case, but i guess we shall really see what happens in SFO in a few weeks.
Sep 4, 2007, 5:32 pm
#51
Moderator: Midwest, Las Vegas & Dining Buzz
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Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Sep 4, 2007, 6:02 pm
#52
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Somwhere on the highways and byways of the United States
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I've hosted six FT dos, some of them as big as 60 people, and have met hundreds of other FTers one-on-one or in other groups. I don't think anyone I've met in real life has ever been rude. Socially retarded, unable to hold their liquor, boundary issues, pathological liars, and plain annoying, yes. But never rude. 
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Sep 4, 2007, 6:04 pm
#53
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Like mikeef,
I have also met some that at the beginning seemed a bit 'quiet', giving the wrong impression that they didn't want to 'talk'. Then I found out that they were actually shy and didn't know how to start or join in a conversation. Once they've opened up, they're just as chatty as anyone else.
I have also met some that at the beginning seemed a bit 'quiet', giving the wrong impression that they didn't want to 'talk'. Then I found out that they were actually shy and didn't know how to start or join in a conversation. Once they've opened up, they're just as chatty as anyone else.
Sep 4, 2007, 6:11 pm
#55
Suspended
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Location: Seattle
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A couple of years ago we went to our row, 15 on a 747, and were spotted by another flyertalker who was very friendly and chatted all the way to wherever we were going. It was probably NRT/SIN or maybe SYD. One of those far off places.
It turned out to be iluv2fly.
It turned out to be iluv2fly.
Sep 4, 2007, 6:24 pm
#57
Moderator: Midwest, Las Vegas & Dining Buzz
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Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Thanks for the compliment!
Sep 4, 2007, 6:33 pm
#58
Join Date: May 2005
Location: BOS
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Sep 4, 2007, 6:33 pm
#59
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Oh that's right. That was the flight that got delayed on the ground out of LAX (or was it SFO) and then got delayed again a few feet from the jetway in SYD. My longest flight ever.
Thanks for helping the time fly by.
Thanks for helping the time fly by.